Changes: Alton Benes

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Alton Benes is the father of Elaine Benes, and a famous writer. Alton would have become a recurring character, but after Lawrence Tierney stole a knife from the set, the cast and crew became too terrified to bring him back.

Fictional Biography

Alton fought in the Korean War, and once mentioned a friend of his he knew back in Korea who was a tail gunner that "got his brains blown out all over the Pacific". Alton is also a successful author, and wrote the book titled Fair Game. He is married and has two daughters, Elaine and Gail. His career as an author may have been the inspiration for Elaine to grow up and work as an editor at Pendant Publishing and later as a writer for the J. Peterman Catalog. Alton is a generally an intimidating man, and often makes people uncomfortable with his angry demeanor. In “The Jacket”, Jerry and George met Alton, who proceeds to refer to George as "chorus boy" for his frequent singing of a song stuck in his head. He also compared Jerry to his tail-gunner friend from Korea. He also causes Jerry to ruin his suede jacket by not letting him turn it inside out for the snow. He also has an unusual quirk of believing everyone is gay. He also doesn't seem to respect Elaine's work, as he refers to Pendant Publishing as "those bastards".

Appearances

"The Jacket"

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 |Image = Alton.jpg
 |Gender = Male
-|Family = '''Daughter''': [[Elaine Benes]]
+|Family = '''Wife''': Unnamed Wife
+'''Daughter''': [[Elaine Benes]] [[Gail Benes]]
 |First = [[The Jacket]]
 |Occupation = Writer
+|Portrayed By = [[Lawrence Tierney]]}}
-|Portrayed By = [[Lawrence Tierney]]}}'''Alton Benes''' is the father of [[Elaine Benes]], and a famous writer. He is an angry, cynical man, and he has many problems with everybody, stated when Elaine says of him, "usually he hates everyone". He also doesn't say much, although his comments are usually never good. It is indicated that he and his wife is separated or divorced, because he asks Elaine, "How's your mother?". Alton only appears in "[[The Jacket]]", unlike other family members of the main characters, who all appeared several times. Alton in portrayed by [[Lawrence Tierney]].
-==Trivia==
+'''Alton Benes''' is the father of [[Elaine Benes]], and a famous writer. Alton would have become a recurring character, but after [[Lawrence Tierney]] stole a knife from the set, the cast and crew became too terrified to bring him back.
-*[[Elaine]] says that Alton thinks [[George]] is gay, because he thinks everyone is gay.
-*Jerry reminds Alton of a funny guy he knew, a tail-gunner in Korea. "They blew his brains out all over the Pacific. There's nothing funny about that."
+==Fictional Biography==
-*Alton calls George "chorus boy" because George keeps singing.
+Alton fought in the Korean War, and once mentioned a friend of his he knew back in Korea who was a tail gunner that "got his brains blown out all over the Pacific". Alton is also a successful author, and wrote the book titled ''Fair Game''. He is married and has two daughters, Elaine and Gail. His career as an author may have been the inspiration for Elaine to grow up and work as an editor at [[Pendant Publishing]] and later as a writer for the [[Jacopo Peterman|J. Peterman]] [[J. Peterman Catalog|Catalog]]. Alton is a generally an intimidating man, and often makes people uncomfortable with his angry demeanor. In “[[The Jacket]]”, Jerry and George met Alton, who proceeds to refer to [[George Costanza|George]] as "chorus boy" for his frequent singing of a song stuck in his head. He also compared [[Jerry Seinfeld|Jerry]] to his tail-gunner friend from Korea. He also causes Jerry to ruin his suede jacket by not letting him turn it inside out for the snow. He also has an unusual quirk of believing everyone is gay. He also doesn't seem to respect Elaine's work, as he refers to Pendant Publishing as "those bastards".
+==Appearances==
+*"[[The Jacket]]"
 [[Category:Male Characters]]
 [[Category:Characters]]
 [[Category:One-Time Characters]]
 [[Category:Season Two Characters]]
+[[Category:Elaine Benes]]
+[[Category:Writers]]